Composed by René Orth
Libretto by Hannah Moscovitch
Conducted by Daniela Candillari
Directed by Joanna Settle
Co-Costume Design with Ásta Bennie Hostetter
Set & Lighting Design by Andrew Lieberman
Starring Kiera Duffy, Will Liverman, Reahann Bryce-Davis and Lauren Pearl
Co-Comissioned by Opera Philadelphia and Tapestry Opera
This psychological drama follows trailblazing reporter Nellie Bly through her internment at Blackwell's Asylum, exposing, as Bly did, notions of madness and societal biases against women.
“Opera Philadelphia cuts it’s budget, but not its ambition” - NYT
“Apparently, in an 1887 New York asylum, plaid is the new orange.” -Parterre